Funders › IL › Ernest Wentcher Educational Fund › 2020
Grants paid by Ernest Wentcher Educational Fund, tax year 2020
EIN 36-4170236 · Chicago, IL · Form 990-PF, Part XV · NTEE T22
In tax year 2020, Ernest Wentcher Educational Fund (EIN 36-4170236) reported 99 grants paid totaling $2,675,353. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2020
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | College Scholarships Wilmette, IL | U | $1,918,738 | approved, future | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | University of Illinois Champaign, IL | C | $512,190 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | University of Illinois Chicago, IL | U | $266,855 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | University of Wisconsin Madison, WI | U | $150,183 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Depaul University Chicago, IL | B | $110,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI | U | $96,249 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL | U | $89,322 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Northwestern University Evanston, IL | B | $76,245 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Loyola University Chicago, IL | D | $72,020 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Oakton Community College Des Plaines, IL | D | $65,732 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | U | $50,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | New York University New York, NY | B | $40,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Howard University Washington, DC | U | $40,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Harvard University Cambridge, MA | C | $37,738 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Emory University Atlanta, GA | U | $37,264 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Cornell University Ithaca, NY | U | $36,738 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Spelman College Atlanta, GA | U | $33,215 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Stanford University Stanford, CA | C | $31,903 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Denison College Granville, OH | U | $30,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Dartmouth College Hanover, NH | U | $29,047 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Georgetown University Washington DC, DC | B | $25,290 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Brown University Providence, RI | U | $25,200 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN | C | $23,124 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | University of Chicago Chicago, IL | U | $20,133 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Marquette University Milwaukee, WI | U | $20,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | St Olaf College Northfield, MN | U | $20,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | University of Missouri Columbia, MO | B | $20,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Morehouse College Atlanta, GA | U | $20,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Knox College Galesburg, IL | U | $20,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Depauw University Greencastle, IN | U | $19,823 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Illinois State University Normal, IL | U | $19,819 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Syracuse University Syracuse, NY | U | $18,257 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Occidental College Los Angeles, CA | U | $18,200 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA | B | $17,469 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | U | $17,200 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Columbia University New York, NY | B | $16,990 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Yale University New Haven, CT | U | $16,861 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Dominican University River Forest, IL | U | $16,535 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Southern Illinois University Carbondale, IL | U | $15,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Washington University St Louis, MO | B | $15,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Pomona College Claremont, CA | B | $14,800 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Lake Forest College Lake Forest, IL | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Fordham University Bronx, NY | B | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Carleton College Northfield, MN | B | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Kalamazoo College Kalamazoo, MI | B | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Bard College Hudson, NY | B | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | University of Rochester Rochester, NY | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | University of Wisconsin- Steven's Point Stevens Point, WI | B | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Fisk University Nashville, TN | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Hampton University Hampton, VA | B | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Tufts University Medford, MA | C | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Northeastern Illinois University Chicago, IL | B | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | St Edwards University Austin, TX | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | University of Dayton Dayton, OH | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Xavier University of la New Orleans, LA | C | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Rose-Hulman Institue of Technology Terre Haute, IN | C | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Albion College Albion, MI | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI | B | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Baylor University Waco, TX | C | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee, WI | B | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO | B | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Kenyon College Gambier, OH | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Augustana College Rock Island, IL | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Roosevelt University Schaumburg, IL | C | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Bradley University Peoria, IL | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Purdue University W Lafayette, IN | B | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Villanova University Villanova, PA | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Carroll University Waukesha, WI | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | North Park University Chicago, IL | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Maryland Institute College Baltimore, MD | C | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Ball State Muncie, IN | D | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Duke University Durham, NC | B | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Emerson College Boston, MA | B | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Agnes Scott College Decatur, GA | C | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH | B | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | University of Washington Seatle, WA | B | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Morgan State University Baltimore, MD | U | $10,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | North Carolina A&t State University Greensboro, NC | B | $9,879 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Middlebury College Middlebury, VT | B | $9,521 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Smith College Northampton, MA | B | $9,230 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | University of Notre Dame South Bend, IN | B | $8,400 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Boston College Chesnet Hill, MA | U | $8,200 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | George Washington University Washington DC, DC | B | $8,139 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Ferris State University Big Rapids, MI | U | $7,322 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Bates College Lewiston, ME | B | $6,200 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Colgate University Hamilton, NY | B | $4,900 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Oberlin College Oberlin, OH | B | $4,012 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA | B | $3,940 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Harper College Palatine, IL | U | $2,119 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA | B | $1,089 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | American Friends of the Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation Wilmette, IL | U | $1,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Home of the Sparrow Mchenry, IL | C | $1,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Connecticut College New London, CT | U | $1,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | District 211 Foundation Palatine, IL | U | $1,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | The Hear Foundation Glenview, IL | D | $1,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Open Books Chicago, IL | C | $1,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Alzheimer's Association Chicago, IL | D | $1,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
| 2020 | Chicago Scholars Chicago, IL | B | $1,000 | paid | EDUCATION | 202100189349100700 |
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Recipient matching for this dataset version has not yet completed its independent precision check. Tier A rows carry the EIN the filer reported; tiers B–D are the matcher's inference and should be read as leads until the check is published on the methodology page.
Derived from IRS Form 990-PF e-file XML. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03. All years for this funder.
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